Automaton advertising device.



PATENTED OCT. 2, 1906.

(QM W'W J. R. GLINB.-

AUTOMATON ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31. 1905.

UNITEDISTATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUTOIVIATON ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 1906.

Application filed July 31, 1905. Serial No. 272,126.

To alZ whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN R. CLINE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kulm, in the county of La Moure and State of North Dakota,have invented a new and useful Automaton Advertising Device, of whichthe following is a specification.

My object is to provide an automaton advertising device in the form ofthe head, body, and arms of a person mounted on a fixed post havingfixed sign-boards in such a manner that horizontal rotary motion will beimparted to the body by the wind and swinging rotary motion to theforearms in vertical planes that extend at right angles to each other toattract the attention to sign-boards and advertisements supported instationary positions by means of the fixed post.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combinationof parts, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claim, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view,partly in section, showing the relative positions of the different partsand the manner of constructing them. Fig. 2 is a side view showing theautomaton in its normal position when there is no wind to put it inmotion. Fig. 3 is a modification of Figs. 1 and 2 and shows the bodyportion made of sheet metal fixed to a rotatable metal frame.

The numeral 10 designates a fixed post to which boards 12 are fixed inright-angled position relative to each other and adapted for use assign-boards or for painting or attaching advertisements thereon in anysuitable way. It is obvious the advertisements can be readily read bypersons passing in either direction.

The trunk or body portion 13 of the automaton is rotatably mounted ontop of the post 10 by means of a pivot 14, formed integral with theplate 15, fixed to the bottom of the body 13, and a plate 16, having anintegral socket 17, adapted to admit the pivot 14, as shown in Fig. 1,or in any suitable way that will allow the body portion 13 to rotate.Ooinciding circular grooves in the faces of the overlying plates 15 and16 admit balls (1., as required, to produce ball-bearings to facilitatethe operation of the automaton when subjected to wind-pressure. A head18 of a person, preferably two-faced, as shown in Fig. 2, is mounted onthe neck and top of the body 13 in any suitable way.

A rotatable shaft 19 is mounted in a transverse bore formed through theshoulder portion of the body, as shown in Fig.1, or in any suitable waythat will facilitate the rotation of the shaft, upper arms 20, fixed onthe ends of the shaft 19, and flat-faced forearms 21, fixed to the endsof the upper arms 20 by means of nails or screws or in any suitable wayto incline outwardly and vertically in reverse ways in such a mannerthat they will serve as vanes to be engaged by the wind, as required, torotate the body 13, connected therewith in such a manner that the armscan swing in vertical planes that extend at right angles to each otherat the same time that the shaft 19 and the body 13 rotate and will havethe appearance of striking or motioning to persons and passers-by toattract their attention to the advertisements displayed on the boardsfixed on the posts.

To prevent the body portion 13 being lifted from the post 10, acontinuous groove 22 is formed in the round top portion of the post andirons 23 fixed to the lower portion of the rotatable body 13 and bentinward at their lower ends to enter and traverse the groove. Fig. 3shows a metal frame composed of a central tubular upright 24 and lateralexten sions or branches 25, fixed thereto to support a sheet-metal body26 fixed thereto. The frame and sheet-metal body are rotatably connectedwith the fixed post in the same manner as shown in Fig. 1 or in anysuitable way.

In the practical use of my invention advertisements are ainted on theboards fixed to the post or ot erwise placed thereon in such a mannerthat they will be visible to persons passing by, and the automaton willattract the attention of passers-by, and all the parts of the completedevice will cooperate in making the advertisements conspicuous in theaccomplishment of the purpose contemplated by the invention.

Having thus described the purpose, construction, and operation of myinvention, its practical operation and utility will be readilyunderstood, and what I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

In an automatic advertising device, a fixed post, a metal frame composedof an upright having lateral branches fixed thereto and provided withshaft bearings, rotatablymounted on top of the post, a rotatable shaftin the said bearings, a sheet-metal body fixed I verse ways and means toprevent the lifting of the rotatable body from the fixed post, as 10shown and described, for the purposes stated.

JOHN R. CLINE.

to the frame, upper arms fixed on the ends of Witnesses: the shaft andfiat-faced forearms fixed to the M. OLAF HAUsKEN, ends of the upperfixed arms to project in re- C. HIEB.

